Israel Confirms Hezbollah Top Military Commander Fuad “Sid Mahsan” Shukar Eliminated In Targeted Strike In Beirut

This is an update to our prior reporting on the Israeli targeted attack on a building in the Hezbollah Beirut stonrhold of Dahiya.

The target was Fuad ‘Hajj Mohsen’ Shakar, the top military commander in all of Hezbollah, and No.. 2 in the organization, someone involved in the 1982 Beirut Marine Barracks bombing that killed 241 US Marines, innumerable attacks on Israelis, and the recent bombing of a soccer field in a northern Israeli town killing 12 Druze children.

The IDF Spokesperson confirmed:

Translation via Google Translate:

The IDF eliminated Fuad Shukar, “Sid Mahsan”, the most senior military commander in the terrorist organization Hezbollah and the head of the organization’s strategic formation.Today, July 30, 2024, in a targeted assassination operation, fighter jets attacked the Beirut area, directed by AMN intelligence, and killed Fouad Shukar, “Sid Mahsan”, the most senior military commander in the terrorist organization Hezbollah and the head of the organization’s strategic formation. At the same time, Mohsen served as the right-hand man and adviser on matters of war planning and management to the Secretary General of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.Mahsan led Hezbollah’s fighting against the State of Israel since the eighth of October, and was responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the murder of many Israeli and foreign citizens over the years.As the head of the strategic array of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, he was entrusted with most of Hezbollah’s most advanced weapons, in particular the precision missiles, cruise missiles, coastal missiles, long-range rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles.As part of this, he was responsible for the building of the force, the planning and the operation of all the terrorist acts against Israel.Mahsan joined Hezbollah in 1985, and since then held a variety of senior positions in the organization. As part of his position, he was a member of the Jihad Council, the senior military forum of the terrorist organization Hezbollah.In the 1990s he promoted attacks against the IDF forces and the South Lebanese army, and in 2000 he was directly involved in the kidnapping of the bodies of the three soldiers Sgt. Binyamin Avraham, the late Sgt. Adi Avitan, and Sgt. L, who were killed by Hezbollah terrorists while patrolling along the perimeter fence near the Mount Dov area. Since then, he has planned and directed many terrorist attacks that have harmed innocent people.

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Tags: Gaza - 2023 War, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon

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